Skeltons Home After World Tour For Condemned… 1957

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Unissued / Unused material -

Title reads: "A Little Portrait Of Courage". American voiceovered newsreel material.

New York, United States of America (USA). American Comic Red Skelton is home after taking his son, a leukaemia sufferer, around the World.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
83142
Sort Number:
UN 2994 B
Time in/Out:
01:56:21:00 / 01:57:23:00
Canister:
UN 2994 B
Film ID:
2864.22
Issue Date:
1957

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